Jimi Hendrix - Foxy Lady

First performance: 00/09/1968


Coverinfo

Bruce covered the song only once: 
 
 
1968-09-00 Ocean County College, Toms River, NJ 
 
Springsteen (along with fellow Earth-band members John Graham and Michael Burke) entered Ocean County College in September 1968. Bruce ended up staying for three semesters, dropping out in December 1969 shortly after his parents moved to California. Earth is believed to have performed several times at Ocean County College during the September to December 1968 period. Springsteen even contributed a piece of poetry to Seascape, the school's Literary Yearbook. The twenty-six mentioned songs are taken from the only known Earth-era repertoire listing. The document is likely to have been created by Springsteen in September or October 1968. The amount of tracks displayed, their sequencing, plus the header and numbering notation by Bruce, all point to this as being an inventory of Earth's live repertoire of 'cover' material. For this reason it is of greater historical significance than an individual gig setlist, particularly in that no Earth audio is circulating. A few of these songs are performance hold-overs from the The Castiles-era. Since Earth was a three-piece band it's hardly surprising that material from both Cream and The Jimi Hendrix Experience (the era's two premier three-piece bands) are abundantly represented. 
 
 
  
photo credit Billy Smith
  

Songinfo

"Foxy Lady" (or alternatively "Foxey Lady") is a song by the Jimi Hendrix Experience. It first appeared on their 1967 debut album 'Are You Experienced' and was later issued as their third single in the U.S. with the alternate spelling. It is one of Hendrix's best-known songs and was frequently performed in concerts throughout his career. Prior to the recording, the group had not worked out an ending for the song and bassist Noel Redding claimed that using the last IV chord was his idea. Hendrix biographer Harry Shapiro suggests that song's lyrics were inspired by Heather Taylor, who later married Roger Daltrey of the Who. Hendrix later commented that he did not approach women in such a straightforward manner as the lyrics suggested. Lithofayne "Faye" Pridgon, Hendrix's girlfriend in the mid 1960s, has also been suggested as the inspiration for the song.
 
 
  

Other cover versions

Bruce on the artist

Lyrics

You know you're a cute little heartbreaker, ha!
(Foxy)
Yeah
And you know you're a sweet little love maker, ha!
(Foxy)
I wanna take you home, uheh, yeah
I won't do you no harm, no, ha
You've got to be all mine, all mine
Ooh, foxy lady
Yeah
(Foxy)
(Foxy)
Now uh, I see you, heh, on down on the scene
Oh foxy
You make me wanna get up and uh, scream
(Foxy)
Ah, baby listen now
I've made up my mind, yeah
I'm tired of wasting all my precious time
You got to be all mine, all mine
Foxy lady
Here I come
(Foxy)
(Foxy)
(Foxy)
(Foxy)
Yeah, I'm gonna take you home, uheh
I won't do you no harm, no
You got to be all mine, all mine
Foxy lady
Here I come baby, I'm coming to get you
Oh!
(Foxy) foxy lady, yeah yeah
Ooh, you look so good
(Foxy) foxy
Oh yeah
(Foxy) ooh foxy
Yeah (foxy)
Get it, foxy
You make me feel like uh, feel like sayin'
(Foxy) foxy
Of yeah (foxy)
Foxy (foxy) lady
Foxy lady